Cities in 3D — can Cities in Space be next?

Some of these cities look a lot better in three-d than they probably look in real life. But gotta love Google for giving cities some love. Reminds me of James Blish’s Cities in Space series … maybe Google will provide a “spindizzy” tool in v.2.

Google LatLong: Cities in 3D program in action

In March, we introduced the Cities in 3D Program, empowering local governments to contribute their own 3D models to Google. Since our original announcement, we have expanded the program to Europe and been working closely with several local governments in the US to get their models published to Google Earth. After four short months, the models from our first round of participants are available. Let’s go for a brief tour to explore these new cities….

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